It's alright, I'm used to condescending. I can handle it.

[ she flashes a quick smile, but it's true. she's not sure Alice ever knew how to be anything else. even after she — well, changed, that was true, and Zoe's far more inclined not to mind it from a stranger teaching her chess than her own goddamn sister. besides, as far as she can tell, he doesn't seem to be too much so, at least for the moment. ]

I'll take... white. And I'm probably going to fuck up at some point, but I think I've got the gist.